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| fem·i·nine [ fémmənin ] |
adjective |
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1. conventionally associated with women: conventionally thought to be appropriate for a woman or girl
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2. attributed to women: considered to be characteristic of women
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3. effeminate: relating to qualities, actions, or types of behavior in a man or boy that are conventionally associated with women or girls
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4. grammar linguistically female in gender: describes a class of words or forms in various languages that includes the majority of words referring to females
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noun (plural fem·i·nines) |
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grammar feminine word or form: a word or form that in a specific language is classified grammatically as feminine
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin femininus< femina "woman" < Indo-European, "suck"] |
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  fem·i·nine·ly adverb |
| fem·i·nine·ness noun |
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